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Click here to listen… UPDATE: I’ve confirmed it’s authentic and from the set of Terminator Salvation, the Warner Bros movie coming out this year. Flming at Kirtland Air Force Base in New Mexico on July 18th last year, Bale goes off on the director of photography Shane Hurlbut whom the actor accuses of ruining a scene by walking onto the set. Bale threatens to quit the production if the DP isn’t fired. The audio’s release may have been an act of revenge: celebrity gossip website TMZ claims that “film execs sent the tape to the insurance company that insured the film in case Bale bailed.” This rant took place just days before Christian was questioned by London police about an alleged fracas with his family around the time that The Dark Knight was released. I talked today to a source close to Bale who told me, “Christian and the DP are all good now. It happened. It was one isolated event. He regrets that he lost his temper.”
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A man would have punched that tiny ranting lunatic in the mouth. There are more important things then a job. The guy made a mistake. So what? I didn’t yell at Bale for making the mistake of that silly voice he uses when he’s Batman. Power corrupts…
Nobody posting here knows the background and what may have lead up to that blow up. BUT I DO KNOW THIS: YOU DO NOT STROLL AROUND IN THE ACTORS’ SIGHT LINE DURING A TAKE. Period. There’s no argument there. There’s a lot of dicking around that goes on during shooting & I don’t care how sorry the guy is or what he thought he was doing, it’s just plain unprofessional. I’ve seen stars – good solid as a rock people – blow big because of this. It’s NOT DONE.
Where is the director at moments like this? Is he so terrified of his star quitting that he’ll put up and shut up for anything?
To bad his best performance was on audio tape!
Obviously, as many have said here, we don’t have all the facts, only the leak of this story several weeks ago and now the audio today. If the DP had a habit of doing this already, yes, he was in the wrong. HOWEVER, no one, and I mean NO ONE, has a right to berate another human being like that. But that’s the problem when you’re a successful actor or musician or some powerful businessperson, everybody is afraid to stand up to you. People use their “power” inappropriately ALL the time and get away with it. From this audio, though, I have lost all respect for Bale, that was just classless, arrogant and unbelievable.
Sounds to me like Bale was right and that the crew guy was being an ass.
The crew guy destroyed a probably complicated scene and felt no remorse whatsoever.
Its easy to blame a star but the real question was why wasn’t the director in control of the set ?
I don’t see what the big deal is. In high school, I used to work construction and this happened *all* the time. I was spoken to like this about once a day. It’s not personal, it’s just the way guys talk when they’re working. Any guy who’s ever worked with his hands would think this is perfectly normal. If you’re a union guy and you can’t take talk like that, then find another job.
….of course stupid donkies can be spoken to like that!…just like they did to you!
Note to actors: you’re wired. And if you’re a dick the sound engineer ain’t your friend. Grow up.
How are some of you people defending this? Sure, the DP probably made a mistake, but no human being should treated like that, especially by someone who has one of the easiest jobs on the set, yet gets paid the most. Shame on the director for trying to weasel his way out and letting Bale get away with that nonsense. Bale clearly has anger issues and needs help. Apparently he is not only a phenomenal actor, but also a massive d-bag.
this is so russell crowe throwing a phone meets david o russell going fucking bonkers –
this is crazy – i couldn’t even listen to it all – dp fucked up – his bad – way bale handled – oh shit –
he flipped the fuck out – you can tell he’s never really had to fight much or defend himself –
maybe this is why he’s an awful actor? the batman voice was ridiculous –
this will kill his career and become a cult phenom – oh well he’s rich as shit and can go chill on an island
leave christian alone. we don’t know the full context. if this guy screwed up his shot repeatedly, after a long workday, i’d bet you’d all behave the same way.
What a childish creep!! We should all have such minor problems to rant about. Maybe he needs to donate some time to REAL issues and stop focusing on his insignificant ego. Also, in a REAL workplace, his behavior would have been cause for being fired. He is verbally abusive….and requires anger management.
Such a baby! I feel for the DP. No matter what someone may have done wrong, NO ONE deserves to be spoken to in such a threatening way.
Drug testing for Christian! What a putz. McG too for not standing up for the DP.
Man, this is a mix of thoughts
Seems he reacted in the wrong way, but at the same time it should not have happened
I figure CB was having a bad day and took it out on this fellow, thought the guy was wrong, it was simply the catalyst. CB needs some anger management, nothing wrong with that, but this is the sound of a man who has some serious feelings of inadequacy. The way he speaks, it does not resonate as a person who feels superior, but rather a person who cannot control their exploding behavior.
Wow, all these comments and no one states the obvious, that we all just heard 4 minutes of pure “Roid Rage”.
Did that ripped body come courtesy of alot of hard work and possibly some major juice? Someone should stop him before he ends up hurting someone.
Bale was out of control. The DP was not in the right if he was repeatedly screwing up takes by getting in the shot. But Bale was just as unprofessional for the way he chose to address the problem.
CELEBUTARD
We didn’t see the lead up to this.
It’s not cool to lash out like that, but I wouldn’t start hating on Bale because of it. It’s not like he’s complaining about the Craft table not being stocked with his favorite fruit juice, his scene has evidently been ruined multiple times by the guy.
Crazy is all I can say. Sounded like Bale was about to whoop up on the guy.
You know, I read over and over that no one should be talked to like this. At the end of the day though, I hear talk like this all the time, many times a day.
We just grin and bear it, move along, and get the mission done. I’ve taken my share and when it’s necessary, I dish it out as well.
And as much as I hate to admit it, there is a certain motivational factor that accompanies a good ass-ripping. It does a lot to get people to pull their heads out of their asses and focus.
IMHO, McG (or really the 1st AD) should have been giving the dressing down to his DP for interfering with his actor’s performance. He didn’t step up, because McG is a ‘nice guy’ and it happened enough times that Chris took it upon himself to correct the problem.
Let’s face it, folks don’t threaten to walk for a one time occurrence, no matter how big a prima donna we like to make them out to be.
Good thing Nikki confirmed its authenticity. Without her diligent fact-checking, I would’ve thought it was some other Welsh know-it-all blowing a fuse on the set of T4…
This is classic! Look guys, take it from someone who knows, this is no different than 80-90% of most male stars. The only reason this event sticks out is because Bale was in trouble recently for losing his temper. But on a film set, professionalism takes on many forms. It’s charged with emotion. This could possibly be a method for Bale. Or maybe the production is weighing everything on him and he exploded. It’s a rare outburst, no doubt. But either way, there’s really nothing wrong with this while an actor is working on set. The sound guy and the DP are usually blood brothers on a movie, so it’s no surprise he leaked it to TMZ. The Sound Man should be replaced or sued. Eeveryone is on contract, so leaking and playing this on the internet could be an infringement on the copyright owned by the studio. The Mixer was recording the rant, so it’s obviously an outtake. And all outtakes provided on set recorded by the crew are property to that studio. I would highly doubt the studio contracts don’t cover this. Otherwise every actor would have his day sooner or later. Move on guys. He’s passionate. When he does this at the local restaurant, then by all means, go at him. This is the way it is and the way it’s always been.
Sounds like a crappy film that needed the media publicity by releasing this to the public.
He must have forgotten to take his meds that day; he needs to take his meds everyday without fail.
He devolved into threatening to attack his co worker and his hang up with the F word and body parts is really indicative for the need for continual chemical restraints.
had he had a butcher knife or a gun at hand he would have cut loose on someone. I think he is a danger to himself and his coworkers.
They should have filmed it, this was the best performance from this hack. He threatened to hit him, I thought he only hit women?
What’s a DP and what do they do?